Fun Christmasy photos? I think so.

We went to downtown Carrollton to see all the Christmas lights and listen to the music.
Ava had lots of fun! It was her first Gingerbread house.
And she is learning how to dance with her Dada.
Here she is blowing some kisses.

Melting.
My.
Heart.

I LOVE this photo.
Ava likes to wear hats now. When Teressa's sister Megan was in town, they made a really big deal about Ava's hats and her shoes whenever she put them on. Before, she only liked one pair of shoes. Now she loves wearing all the different kinds of hats or shoes. She woke up the other day, looked out of her crib, and yelled "Hat." It stayed on the rest of the day...

She's starting to lose those chubby cheeks.
Nothing that her mama's homemade Christmas cinnamon rolls can't fix.

The last shall be first.
This photo makes me happy.
So happy.
Thank you Jesus.

In the midst of some sickness this Christmas month, we have been blessed with some fun fellowship! There was a Gospel for Asia party and we had our annual Christmas party at our house. Right now it's pretty outside. It's technically sleet, but were pretending it's snow.

Amy and Matt - some good friends of ours. Arn't they so cute?

This is Troy and Pam. Troy is the brother that I serve with every day here at GFA. Pam also juggles raising their two kids and comes into our department a few days a week. They are so much fun.

The two amigos.
We encourage each other on the phones.
And try to make each other laugh.
It's good to have someone to spur me on!

Pam, I thought you would like this one.

Preston.
Nuff said.
I like this one.

Taryn was so excited when he opened this baby doll during the white elephant gift exchange.
I'm not sure what I think about this...

Megan.
She had no idea that about 5 lbs of jalapenos were about to be bestowed upon her.

I can usually find JD by looking for the guy with a beverage of something good in his hand.

I like this one too.
Megan, what do you think?

This is Casey.
He is available to watch your kids anytime you would like.

John found the best seat in the house.
Close to the chocolate fountain.
There were so many good treats that everyone brought.
Some of my favorites were:
Blackberries.
Oranges.
Rasberries.
And of course... Twinkies.

Ava was helping me clean up the back yard.
While I was raking, she was trying to water our dead plants.